Strap-watch package



July 17, 1934. B. l. DOWNS El AL STRAP WATCH PACKAGE Filed July 14, 1933 Patented July 17, 1934 UNETED STATES PATENT @FFHQE- STRAP-WATCH PACKAGE tron Application July 14, 1933, Serial No. 680,373

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvement in wrist watches, and more particularly to packages for holding and displaying wrist watches having a strap of leather or the like.

In strap-watch display packages as heretofore made, the strap watch has been mounted centrally upon a support with the two strap-members extending in opposite directions and having more or less sharp bends at the opposite ends of the support to permit the strap ends to be tucked under the support. This construction is objectionable, however, inasmuch as straps of leather tend to check and crack where the bends or kinks occur where the straps are bent in passing around the ends of the support.

It is an object of this invention, therefore, to provide a strap-watch package which shall avoid subjecting the strap to harmful bending.

The above and other objects will appear from 29 the following description, appended claims and accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawing, in which one way of carrying out the invention is shown for illustrative purposes:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a strap-watch package made in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, central, vertical, sectional view of the strap-Watch package on line 22 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a transverse, central, vertical, sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig 4 is a perspective view of the support.

In the strap-watch package illustrated in t. e drawing, it is the base-member of the package having the cover 11 hinged along one side thereof. The base has a box-like insert 12 surrounded by the downwardlyand outwardly-- sloping supporting-portion 13. A. support 14 which may consist of a piece of cardboard or other suitable material folded. to shape as illustrated in Fig. 4, is provided with the side and end portions or supporting-legs 5 adapted to be inserted within the box-like in ert 12, the upstanding sideand end-walls of which form supporting-walls for the supporting-legs 15 or the sup-- port 14. The top of t.e support 14 provide: at one end with the slot 16 and with the two slots 17 as shown.

A wrist watch 18 has two strap-members 19 and 20 pivoted to opposite ends thereof. The strap-member 19 is passed downwardly and to the left (Fig. 2), through the slot 16 in the support 14 and beneath the watch 18 until the wrist watch 18 rests upon the support as shown, with the other strap-member 20 extended to the left along the top of, and resting upon, the support 14. To more firmly secure the wrist watch in place, a clip 21, which may, if desired, carry any suitable indicia, such as a name and/or price, has the two ends 22 passed downwardly through the slots 17 and bent underneath the support 14 (Fig. 3), this attachment of clip 22 being accomplished prior to the support 14 and its supporting-legs 15 being placed in position within the supporting-walls of the box-like insert 12. If desired, the ends 22 may be fastened against the under side of the support by means of suitable adhesive. The clip 21 may be made of metal or metal foil lined with paper, whereby the ends 22 more readily remain in any position in which they are bent. As will be seen from Fig. 2, the elongated support 14 provides a long space 23 underneath, in which the strap-member 19 may extend directly and continuously from its pivot attachment at the right end of the watch, so as to avoid any sharp bends or kinks in the strap, thus avoiding checks and cracks which occur in leather when it is subjected for a substantial length of time to sharp bends.

The invention may be carried out in other specific ways than that herein set forth without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiment is therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

We claim:

1. A strap watch package comprising: a base member having a relatively-thin outer edge; an insert having upstanding supporting-walls on said base providing an inner space, said supporting-walls being located a considerable distance back from the outer edge of said base member; sloping walls surrounding said upstanding walls and sloping downwardly and outwardly therefrom toward the outer edge of said base member; a wrist watch support having a space therebeneath and supported by said supporting-walls; a wrist watch on said support; and a wrist strap pivoted to one end of said wrist watch and extending continuously from said pivot in a direction beneath said watch.

2. A strap-watch package comprising: a basemember; an insert having upstanding supporting-walls on said base-meznber and providing an inner elongated space; a separate, elongated, wrist-watch support formed of a top and border- 0 strap; and a clip engaging said second wrist-strap and having ends extending through said pair of holes and engaging the under side of said top, the under side of said top adjacent said pair of holes being free of obstruction and permitting attachment of said clip prior to the assembly of said separate support in supporting relation with said. supporting-walls.

BERNARD I. DOWNS.

DUDLEY S. INGRAHAM. 

